No one at the pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak would even talk to Dr. Sanjy Gupta, but what he saw behind that Massachusetts facility is raising new questions. Elizabeth Cohen reports on the lack of federal guidelines and regulations for compounding companies. We're Keeping Them Honest.

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I am very sad about what happened. I am a pharmacist and very familiar with compounding world. Compounding pharmacies are regulated and in sterile practice these pharmacies must comply with specific regulations just like hospitals, etc ..... there are governing bodies who suppervise this practice. when there is a drug shortage on the market, compounding pharmacies are the once who can get the medicine to people, but noone seems to talk about it on tv like they do if something terrible happens. compounding pharmacies are essential in times when life saving drugs are pulled off market because they are not "profitable" for large manufactureres....no one talks about that on TV,

We have USP and USP (United States Pharmacopiea standards that has been in effect and FDA is responsible since June 2012. In our Nuclear Pharmacy Practice,Compounding and manufacturing
The clean room for Compounding(Just like an OR with ante room) Try visiting companies like IBA Molecular, Totowa NJ or Somerset NJ, Cardinal Health NJ, NCM NY Bronx (state of the art facility), Nuclear Diagnostics NJ . Major Radiopharmaceutical manufacturer's.
The all have to comply with the USP Standards and Quality Control in Sterility and pyrogen tests before releasing the products for patient use.